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The Chris Vandercook Band - Atherton Winter Season 2013-14

Guitarist and singer Chris Vandercook and the Chris Vandercook Band pay tribute to the late Luther Allison and the other bluesmen associated with Chicago's West Side blues sound: Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, and Freddie King. Vandercook says, "Luther and his friends were a generation younger than blues stars like B.B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland, and they brought in their own set of influences, with shadings of Latin music, jazz, and James Brown. All were reflected in their "West Side" sound: raw and full of fire, with guitar as a running complement to and comment upon the vocal. Their music from the 60's and early 70's is a blues genre unto itself, with great songs and lots of rhythmic energy."